From: Parent-offspring association of metabolic syndrome in the Framingham Heart Study
 | Male (n = 565) | Female (n = 628) | P valuea |
---|---|---|---|
Age | 52.57 (8.86) | 53.33 (9.60) | 0.537 |
Education status, % | Â | Â | <0.001 |
High school | 34.3 | 38.4 | |
College | 39.5 | 47.5 | |
More than college | 26.2 | 14.1 | |
Number of years of school completed | 14.35 (2.24) | 13.91 (2.02) | <0.01 |
Income Level, % | Â | Â | <0.001 |
< $20,000, | 11.1 | 63.2 | |
$20,000- $44,000, | 63.4 | 34.7 | |
$45,000 or higher | 25.5 | 2.1 | |
Smoked cigarettes regularly last year, %b | 17.0 | 9.0 | 0.219 |
Alcohol consumption, %c | 76.9% | 66.5% | <0.001 |
Physical activity Scored | 36.19 (7.51) | 33.81 (4.61) | <0.001 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 40.58 (4.43) | 37.64 (5.78) | <0.001 |
Serum triglyceride level (mmol/l) | 1.54 (0.63) | 1.42 (0.41) | <0.05 |
Serum HDL-C level (mmol/l) | 1.19 (0.33) | 1.51 (0.40) | <0.001 |
Resting systolic blood pressure | 125.74 (17.41) | 124.89 (20.52) | 0.468 |
Resting diastolic blood pressure | 75.81 (9.66) | 72.58 (9.92) | <0.001 |
Fasting blood glucose level | 5.99 (1.58) | 5.47 (1.14) | <0.001 |
Abdominal obesity%e | 49.4 | 66.4 | <0.001 |
High Triglyceride%f | 54.3 | 43.2 | <0.001 |
Low HLD-C%g | 47.4 | 41.4 | <0.05 |
Elevated blood Pressure%h | 65.3 | 57.8 | <0.01 |
Impaired fasting glucose%i | 32.0 | 16.2 | <0.001 |
Metabolic syndrome%j | 43.0 | 35.5 | <0.01 |